Beavis Fuzzlab voltage starving question

Started by RattScum, July 10, 2011, 08:53:53 AM

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RattScum

Hey guys, I'm in the process of building something similar to the Fuzz Lab from Beavis but with different circuits. Mine will have a Triangle Big Muff, Op amp Muff, Bazz Fuss and a Lpb-1 booster. My question is how do you think Beavis wired up his individual sag knobs for each circuit if the Fuzz Lab is running from one 9v power jack? Wouldnt the voltage drop on every pedal if you lowered one of the knobs? I'd like to have a seperate sag control for each circuit except the LPB-1 but have them all run from the same 9v jack.

Any insight would be very appreciated!

theundeadelvis

If each circuit had an trace/lead/wire going to it from the 9v source, and you put the DBS in series with each of those, I think they would only effect their respective circuits.
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EATyourGuitar

your wasting your time starving a muff. well the opamp muff might be different but on any other muff, a starve just acts like a volume knob :icon_sad:  if you really want to get some gated sounds, try starving(or shorting) one of the collectors or emitters on a breadboard to see what happens.
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RattScum

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Thanks theundeadelvis! I want quite sure how it would work.

Yeah, youre right about the muff/sag thing. I noticed with my standalone voltage dropper that the muff doesnt do anything interesting starved.
I'll try to starve my op amp muff and see what that does before i build one into this box.

Cheers!